explaining the sources of commonly held human beliefs about causal necessity due largely to her relational theory of sense perception. In comparison with Hume's account, it incorporates a more sophisticated treatment of mental representation, especially the role of relational structure and logical form....
Because the present paper concerns Shepherd’s basic theory and objections to Hume, it is based primarily onAn Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect; some passages fromEssays on the Perception of an External Universeare introduced for the purpose of clarification. The later book purports to...
Hume's critique of the principle of cause and effect is a cornerstone of his philosophy. He argued that the concept of causality is not derived from reason but rather from custom or habit. According to Hume, when we observe one event followed by another, we infer a causal relationship betwe...
A like remark applies to David Hume, of whose philosophy the central principle is the denial of the relation of cause and effect. View in context The way was partly prepared for Gibbon by two Scottish historians, his early contemporaries, the philosopher David Hume and the clergyman William Ro...
Hume was so confident in his method that he actually thought he had identified the three "laws of association" that would explain how the mind works. (He calls these laws of association "resemblance," "contiguity," and "cause and effect.") That's right: Hume is sure he can tell you ...
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THISdeficiency in our ideas is not, indeed, perceived in common life, nor are we sensible, that in the most usual conjunctions of cause and effect we are as ignorant of the ultimate principle, which binds them together, as in the most unusual and extraordinary. But this proceeds merely from...
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: CHAPTERI F 0 U R Cause and Effect Text Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Section IV Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Operations ofthe Understanding All the objects ofhuman reason or enquiry may naturally be divided into two ki...
Similarly, Hume's theory ofcause and effectargued that two events were not inextricably linked, forever triggering and resulting from one another, but two singular events that happen to connect. The expectation that the sun will rise because the night has passed is justifiable, but not guaranteed...
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